AMANDA WALTERS


www.amanda-walters.com
www.feralfabric.com


PROJECTS AND EXHIBITIONS
Feral Fabric: Story Quilts, Pro Arts, Oakland, current
Appliqué and Mending Kit–Feral Fabric, Community outreach throughout Bay Area including: Punks With Lunch, Free Store, BOSS Berkeley, Raphael House, Tenderloin, Destiny Arts, ongoing
Southern Exposure Youth Council Exhibition, San Francisco, 2021
Clothing Modification Workshop–Feral Fabric, SCRAP SF, 2021
The Option To… Feral Fabric, Berkeley Art Center, 2021
Back Patch Workshop–Feral Fabric, Berkeley Art Museum, 2021
Community Banner Workshop–Feral Fabric, Berkeley Art Center, 2020
Chain Reaction, digital show housed on Instagram, San Francisco Arts Council Gallery, 2020
Rainbow in the Swamp–solo show, NIAD Art Center, Richmond, 2020
Resisting Incarceration Culture, Oliver Art Center, CCA, Oakland, 2020
Back Patch Workshop–Feral Fabric, NIAD Art Center, Richmond, 2019
Community Banner Workshop–Feral Fabric. Western Addition, San Francisco, 2019
Wearable / Cape Workshop–Feral Fabric. Sunday Streets, Tenderloin, SF, 2019
Back Patch Workshop, Feral Fabric. Sunday Streets, Mission District, SF, 2019
May Day Sign-Making Workshop Feral Fabric. Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, 2019
Oakland Pride Sign-Making Workshop Feral Fabric. Oakland, 2018
Figment : De-Commodified Participatory Art, Mosswood Park-Oakland, 2018
Back Patch and Banner Workshop Feral Fabric. Berkeley Art Museum, 2018 
Blanket Statements, group show, 1162 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 2017
Text Tales, group show, California College of the Arts College Galleries, Oakland, 2017
Not Alone: Exploring Bonds Between and With Members of the Armed Forces, group show, San Francisco Arts Council Gallery, 2017


PUBLISHED WORKS
2022 Know Florida, published by Play House Press Zine, 
2018-present Feral Fabric the Journal, co-creator and editor
2021 “Absurdism: A Proposal for a Visual Art Genre,” in Feral Fabric the Journal
2018 “Mar-a-Lago: Where Everyday is a Holiday,” Bureau of Longitudes (Dissolve Magazine)
2017 “Constructing Tropical Paradise: The South Florida Narrative that Stuck,” in Sightlines Journal
2015 The Space Between Me and You, self-published


VISITING ARTIST ENGAGEMENTS
Visiting Teaching Artist, SCRAP SF, San Francisco, Summer 2021
Visiting Teaching Artist, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2020 + 2021 as part of the programming for the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibition
Teaching Artist, Southern Exposure Youth Advisory Program, Spring 2021
Visiting Teaching Artist, NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA, Fall 2019
Visiting Artist, Senior Projects with Anne Wolf, California College of the Arts–Textiles, 2016
Visiting Artist, Narrative Strategies with Lynn Kirby, California College of the Arts–Film, 2016
Visiting Artist, Sculpture 1 with Mia Feuer, California College of the Arts–Sculpture, 2014


EDUCATION AND ART WORK
Editor, Grant Writer, and Volunteer Coordinator for Feral Fabric, 2018-present
Volunteer Teaching Assistant, King Middle School Berkeley–Art, 2020-2021 school year
Southern Exposure Mentor Program, Spring 2021
Teaching Assistantship for Introduction to Textiles with Anne Wolf, CCA–Textiles, 2017
Teaching Assistantship for 3-D Hand Production with Christina Lasala, CCA–FYP, 2016
Teaching Assistantship for Skin and Bones with Richard Elliot, CCA–Textiles, 2015
Archive Associate at The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, 2009-2012 


EDUCATION
MFA in Fine Arts, California College of the Arts, 2017
MA in Visual and Critical Studies, California College of the Arts, 2017
BFA in Fine Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2009